[HLUG] HD problem

[Julian Robbins]

Julian Robbins wrote:
> Graham Cole wrote:
>> On Sat, 2007-06-16 at 12:22 +0100, Andrew Hodgson wrote:
>>  
>>> On Sat, 16 Jun 2007 10:11:34 +0100, you wrote:
>>>
>>>    
>>>> thanks Andrew for the several ideas below. In the first place the
>>>> warning was given during the boot process and said:
>>>> SMART failure predicted on Primary Master:
>>>> Warning:Immediately back-up your data and replace your hard disk 
>>>> drive.
>>>> A failure may be imminent.
> This may be a bit of a useless idea but if you just want to copy 
> everything including the OS to a new working HDD, Acronis Image is 
> excellent and very easy to use.
>
> It takes you thru all the details with a GUI. (you just boot from CD).
>
> But you do have to pay for it - around £30 .
>
> I have a copy if you want to wait till the LUG meeting.
>
> Cheers
>
> Julian
And of course I should have mentioned there's some Open source 
alternatives such as G4U, partimage which work great but are more 
difficult to use.

Julian